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I’m not sorry, says man jailed for beating burglar

The businessman jailed for attacking a robber who had held his family hostage in their home says he makes no apology for the injuries the thief suffered, even though the man was left with a fractured skull and brain damage.

The case has raised an important question: at exactly what point does justifiable selfdefence becomes unjustified and bloody revenge?

Munir Hussain, 53, will spend Christmas in prison after being sentenced to 2½ years in prison last week for the attack on Walid Salem, a career criminal and one of three men who threatened to kill his family in a late-night ambush last year.

He grappled with Salem in the street outside and the robber was hit so hard with a cricket bat that it split in three. Last night Hussain's family said his conviction sent out a message to burglars that they would face no resistance from the public. His